Capsicum chacoense

Capsicum chacoense

Capsicum chacoense

 This is a rare wild chilli that is native to Bolivia, Argentina and Paraguay. Not often cultivated as it's difficult to germinate reliably.

The tiny pods slip off the stems very easily once ripe and are really great snacking pepper in the garden, popping like little balls of fiery heat in your mouth. They are juicy and tasty, with thin walls the tiny pods are full of seed.

We have found that soaking the seed overnight in a strong chicken dropping tea seems to bring germination percentages up from 10-20 all the way to around 70-80%. Chamomile tea is also a good pre-germination soak, however we have better results with chicken manure.

Bottom heat is a requirement for effective germination, germination times are often in excess of 21 days.

Approx 25 seeds